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World News in Brief: November 24

* The Republic of Korea (RoK) and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) on November 23 agreed to actively cooperate in upgrading the direct communications line between the two sides. * US President Donald Trump said on Twitter on November 23 that he was quite happy with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin’s performance, after The Wall Street Journal reported that the president was dissatisfied with Mnuchin. * UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has condemned Friday’s terrorist attacks at the Chinese Consulate-General in Karachi and a market in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. * Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto and Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spoke on November 23 by phone about the November 30 signing at a G20 summit of a new trade deal between Mexico, Canada and the United States, Pena Nieto’s office said in a statement. * Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on November 23 that a summit of European leaders due to take place on November 25 to endorse a Brexit deal is likely to be called off if there is no agreement by then on the question of Gibraltar. * Around 100 Palestinians were wounded Friday during clashes between Palestinian demonstrators and Israeli soldiers stationed on the border between eastern Gaza Strip and Israel, medics said. * Turkish prosecutors have charged 28 suspects, including US-based cleric Fetullah Gulen, over assassination of Russian Ambassador to Turkey Andrey Karlov, Anadolu Agency reported on November 23. * Two people were killed and 24 others injured in an explosion at a… [Read full story]